毛豆 (máodòu) · green soybeans, edamame

Meanings

1 green soybeans
2 edamame

About the ingredient

Young soybeans still in their fuzzy green pods, sweet when picked young. Boiled in the pod with salt and popped out of the shell as a snack, or shelled and stir-fried with pickled mustard greens.

Contains soy

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

夏天晚上，我们常常吃毛豆喝啤酒。

Xiàtiān wǎnshang, wǒmen chángcháng chī máodòu hē píjiǔ.

On summer evenings we often snack on edamame with a beer.

HSK 5

毛豆煮之前要剪掉两头，这样更容易入味。

Máodòu zhǔ zhīqián yào jiǎndiào liǎngtóu, zhèyàng gèng róngyi rùwèi.

Snip off both ends of the edamame before boiling so the flavour soaks in more easily.

Tips

usage

Named for the fine hairs (毛) on the pod. They are soybeans picked young and green; left to ripen and dry they become 黄豆. Boiled in the pod with salt and star anise they are a classic 下酒菜, a snack with drinks. Shelled green beans on a menu are often 青豆.